Mind Your Language –
Inclusive Language Roundtable
Virtual Lunch and Learn
July 20, 2023
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Let’s come together to learn and cultivate an abundant mindset - if you attend one Virtual Roundtable this year, this should be it! Do not miss this important and relevant conversation regarding using inclusive language and creating conversations more likely to help people feel like they belong and where they can be their authentic selves. Here we’ll explore inclusive language and provide examples to ensure you create inclusivity where you live, work, and play. We will discuss what inclusive fundraising collateral looks like in 2023 and beyond. In this roundtable, our speakers will share their journey around elevating access, creating opportunity, equity, and inclusivity towards others – especially around language.
If you are a college student that would like to attend this event for free, please email the Chapter Administrator at info@afpneo.org.
Presenters:
Ebony Yaboah-Amankwah: VP, Ethics, Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management | Signet Jewelers
Susan Poe Flowers: Community Volunteer & Philanthropist
Amy Crawford: Moderator, Development Director | Young Life
Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah is a senior executive with expertise in a highly regulated environment and areas of corporate governance and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ebony has nearly 20 years of experience specializing in commercial finance and leading a legal department to manage securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, labor and employment, real estate, tax, and state and federal energy law. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and philosophy from Washington & Jefferson College and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. Ebony is a Northeast Ohio native and currently serves on the United Way of Summit and Medina County board, the Development Finance Authority of Summit County, and the Business Volunteers Unlimited.
Susan Poe Flowers is a fundraiser and philanthropist who was the recipient of the 2022 AFP Northeast Ohio Volunteer Fundraiser Award. She has served as Board Chair for Child Guidance and Family Solutions, Our Lady of the Elms, and The Salvation Army. She is a past president of the Junior League of Akron. A proven fundraiser, Flowers has chaired fundraisers for more than twenty organizations, including the Humane Society, United Disabilities, Miami University, Akron Symphony Orchestra, University Hospitals, and Crown Point Ecology Center, and has also chaired capital campaigns for several local organizations. Her work has won her honors and awards from the Association of Junior Leagues International, Our Lady of the Elms, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Case Western Reserve University, and the American Cancer Society.
The Nonprofit Administration Program in the Boler College of Business at John Carroll University is delighted to sponsor the July Professional Development event hosted by the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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